END OF THE 2007-08 SKI SEASON

The 2007-2008 season comes to an end at Mont Saint-Sauveur

Saint Sauveur, Monday May 12, 2008 – Mont Saint-Sauveur announces the official end of the 2007-2008 ski season as of May 11th. The center accumulated 173 days of skiing since its opening November 9th, 2007. Mont Saint-Sauveur can once again boast about being the first Québec center to open its doors and the last one to close them. Mont Saint-Sauveur still holds the record for the longest ski season with 204 days. With only a few short weeks before the opening of its water park, Mont Saint-Sauveur draws a positive assessment of the last six months.

A miraculous ski season
For the first time in its history, Mont Saint-Sauveur launched its season on Friday November 9th with night skiing, beginning operations a day ahead of all other centers that had planned their openings for Saturday May the 10th. The entire region had abundant snowfalls and most pleasant temperatures. A « Phenomenal » winter for the industry, the 2007-2008 season created a substantial traffic increase and the holiday period was “animated” to say the least. The 2007-2008 season will most certainly be a reference where record precipitations are concerned.

Although February proved to be a quieter period, the month of March was outstanding with its eternal spring conditions. All of the Laurentian ski centers were able to prolong their season through the month of April instilling an even greater passion for the sport into people’s hearts.

The 2007-2008 season’s ski conditions and exceptional snow accumulations are uncontested proof that Québec and the Laurentians region are ski destinations worth the detour. We hope that skiers and boarders alike experienced as much enjoyment from this season as the center’s operators did.

Non stop events
Once again this year, MSSI stands out thanks to the number and quality of its events which took place throughout all of the MSSI group centers. More than 30 competitions and sporting meets came fast and furious one after another starting in the month of November, attracting record crowds by reuniting the best skiers and snow boarders for competitions in their respective disciplines.

Making way for summer
The quantity of snow still remaining would certainly allow for an additional weekend of skiing at Mont Saint-Sauveur. Unfortunately, the work projects for the revitalization of both its water parks, before summer begins, require the mobilization of the employees to meet the work deadlines. The Mont Saint-Sauveur Water Park and Cascades d’Eau de Piedmont will offer, this summer, a number of new attractions and great animation to allow us to forget that the ski season is already over…

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Source:
Frédéric Belval, Media Relations
Department of Public Relations
Mont Saint-Sauveur International (MSSI)
Tel : 450 227.4671 Extension 5.3286
Fax : 450 227.0916
belvalf@mssi.ca